Re: ^@ tabs on Emacs23-2 Slacko 5.4

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On 2013-01-05, XeCycle wrote:
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> OS Stuntman <akagikong@gmail.com> writes:
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>> Hello,
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>>           I don't know if this is a Slacko issue or a setting I'm over
>> looking; I haven't had this problem on other
>> distros, but on Slacko 5.4 (Puppy Linux) when I type C-q C-tab I get: ^@
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>>          How to switch back to normal clear space tabs?
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> C-q means insert the next character literally.  C-tab is not a
> character.  Perhaps it chose null character (^@) instead.

   I have C-tab set to insert a real TAB character.

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